MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for May, 2015. The Cranbrook Schools took the top spot with their Women of the Worldanthology. Chris Papst’s Capital Murder held strong at #2. Along the Bethel Trail, by the Friends of Bethel, showed at #3. Keith Rommel’s newly released The Devil Tree led Fiction from the 4 spot.

SUNBURY PRESS – Bestsellers for May, 2015 (by Revenue)

Rank

Last Month

Title

Author

Category

1

NEW

Women Who Changed the World

Cranbrook Schools

YA Biography

2

1

Capital Murder

Chris Papst

Investigation

3

2

Along the Bethel Trail

Friends of Bethel AME

History

4

NEW

The Devil Tree

Keith Rommel

Thriller Fiction

5

16

The Complete Story of the Worldwide Invasion of the Orange Orbs

Terry Ray

Paranormal

6

7

The B Team

Alan Mindell

Sports Fiction

7

—

Rockabilly Rebel

Mack Allen Smith

Music History

8

—

At the End of the Day

Madelyn Killion

Literary Fiction

9

—

Visions of Teaoga

Jim Remsen

Historical Fiction

10

24

The Fossils of Blackberry Hill

Kenneth Gass

Paleontology

11

—

The Closer

Alan Mindell

Sports Fiction

12

6

Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last

Mike Campbell

History

13

21

H Is for Hershey

Heather Paterno

Childrens

14

22

Winter of the Metal People

Dennis Herrick

Historical Fiction

15

—

Keystone Tombstones Philadelphia Region

Farrell and Farley

Biography

16

NEW

Where Elephants Fought

Bridget Smith

Historical Fiction

17

13

Pit Bulls

Anthony Julian

History

18

—

Head Over Wheels

Ken Mercurio

Medical Memoir

19

—

The Oxygen Factory

Renee des Lauriers

YA Thriller

20

—

Ambush at Dry Bone Gulch

Sid Davis

Western

21

—

The View from Four Foot Two

Judi Markowitz

Medical Memoir

22

5

Call Sign Dracula

Joe Fair

War Memoir

23

—

Well I’ll Be Hanged

Tim Dempsey

History

24

23

That Night at Surigao

M Ernest Marshall

History

25

27

Forts, Forests, and Flintlocks

John L. Moore

History

26

—

Hour 30

Brandon Musgrave

Medical Memoir

27

30

Rivers, Raiders, and Renegades

John L. Moore

History

28

17

The Sign of the Eagle

Jess Steven Hughes

Historical Fiction

29

25

Bows, Bullets, and Bears

John L. Moore

History

30

29

Traders, Travelers, and Tomahawks

John L. Moore

History

What a month! The company had its best month ever, topping March’s record. Compared to last May, sales more than doubled. YTD Sales are up 82% from last year. Hardcover books have grown to a 43% share of sales. EBooks recovered a bit this month, tracking at 4.2% of sales. Trade paperbacks slipped to 45%.

Women Who Changed the World, by the Cranbrook Schools, grabbed the top spot thanks to a promotion at the end of the school year. Chris Papst’s Capital Murder held strong due to author activity and breaking news about the Harrisburg financial scandal. Along the Bethel Trail, by the Friends of the Bethel AME, was helped by its release party at the Simon Cameron Mansion in Harrisburg. Keith Rommel’s The Devil Tree debuted at #4 thanks to author appearances in Florida. Terry Ray’s popular The Complete Story of the Worldwide Invasion of the Orange Orbs vaulted to #5 thanks to MUFON activities. Alan Mindell’s sports novels The B Team (#6) and The Closer(#11) were bolstered by author appearances and interest in The Kentucky Derby. Mack Allen Smith’s Rockabilly Rebel returned to the charts at #7 thanks to author activities. Madelyn Killion’s At the End of the Day took #8 thanks to author activities. Jim Remsen’s Visions of Teaoga returned to the chart at #9 due to author appearances. Kenneth Gass’s The Fossils of Blackberry Hill was climbing the charts to #10 before it was withdrawn from publication. Mike Campbell’s Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, held at #12, thanks to ongoing interest in the lost aviatrix. Heather Paterno’s H Is for Hershey rose to #13 due to sales in the Hershey region. Dennis Herrick moved up to #14 with his Winter of the Metal People. The book is popular in New Mexico. The Joes, Farrell and Farley, grabbed #15 due to regional interest in with their recently-released Keystone Tombstones Philadelphia Region. Bridget Smith’s new historical novel Where Elephants Fought charted at #16 thanks to sales in Mississippi. Anthony Julian’s ever-present Pit Bulls charted again at #17 because of ongoing interest in the subject matter. Ken Mercurio’s Head Over Wheelsreturned to the rankings at #18 thanks to author activities. YA Thriller, The Oxygen Factory, by Renee des Lauriers found #19 thanks to author events. Sid Davis’s western, Ambush at Dry Bone Gulch, took #20 due to author interest. The View from Four Foot Two, by Judi Markowitz, returned to the rankings at #21 thanks to author activity. Call Sign Dracula, the Vietnam memoir by Joe Fair, continued to chart at #22 thanks to steady sales in bookstores. Tim Dempsey’s Well I’ll Be Hanged charted at #23 thanks to author activities. Ernie Marshall’s That Night at Surigao maintained #24 thanks to interest in the last fight between battleships in WW2. John L. Moore grabbed the four spots #’s 25, 27, 29 & 30 with 4 of the 8 books in his Frontier Pennsylvania Series. Interest remains strong from local bookstores and retailers. Brandon Musgrave’s medical school memoir Hour 30 took #26 thanks to steady ebook sales. Jess Steven Hughes was at #28 with The Sign of the Eagle. Hughes continues to benefit from his regular bookstore events.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. — Sunbury Press has released Women Who Changed the World: The Journey and the Joy, a compilation about important women by students from the Crankbrook Schools.

A talented group of 8th grade female student authors from the Cranbrook Schools, guided by three editors, collaborated in what they called “The Cranbrook Project,” to create a book of brief biographies about important women who have achieved great things in their lives. The girls wrote about the following women:

Dr. Sue Carter

Mamatha Chamarthi

Mildred Dresselhaus

Katharine Hayhoe

Justice Bridget McCormack

Justice Maura Corrigan

Lou Anna K. Simon

Dr. Xiangqun Zeng

Lynn Povich

Arlyce Seibert

Kym Worthy

Florine Mark

About the Cranbrook Schools:
The Campus
Cranbrook Schools is located on a beautiful 319-acre campus, known as one of the masterpieces of American architecture. In 1989, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark, an honor accorded only two other independent schools in the United States. Sharing the grounds with the Schools are the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Museum (1932) and the Cranbrook Institute of Science (1930), both considered preeminent in their fields. Cranbrook House, the home of our founders George and Ellen Booth, is surrounded by 40 acres of gardens, lawns, and woodlands.

Facilities and Buildings
School buildings include Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School – Cranbrook Campus and Kingswood Campus, Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls – Kingswood, Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Boys, Cranbrook Lower School Brookside, and the Vlasic Early Childhood Center. Other buildings include Lerchen Hall (the Schools’ performing arts center), Wallace Ice Arena, and the Williams Natatorium.

Student Body
For the 2014-2015 academic year, Cranbrook Schools enrolled 1659 students as follows: 504 in the Lower School, 351 in the Middle Schools, and 804 in the Upper School, 255 of whom are boarders. These students came from 16 states and 20 countries, reflecting a diversity of races, ethnic origins, and religious beliefs.

Academic Program
The school year, from September to June, is divided into semesters in the Lower and Upper Schools and trimesters in the Middle School. The Schools observe Thanksgiving break, winter and spring vacations, and national holidays.

The program at Cranbrook Lower School Brookside and the Vlasic Early Childhood Center has been carefully developed to introduce children to academic skills in a positive learning environment. The focus is on strong academics and a balance of fine arts in a liberal arts education. The single-sex program on separate campuses in the middle schools accommodates the specific physical, emotional, and learning differences between boys and girls in the adolescent years.

Recognized nationally for academic excellence, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School has been named an Exemplary School by the U.S. Department of Education. The curriculum is college preparatory, offering a broad selection of courses.